Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-04-14

In reply % your request fex rip
ton Of the singular object my self me
1 members Of my family witnessed Eazsfns
over my barn last Monsiay night. Esxunll
say as follows: About an hour affnr sunpel
my youngest son Willie lad u uieyRars
| entered the house and told his IN aIer and
l that the stock on the piace we're Al zcfSne
| IN strange way and ~ If they werxa sEsrels
/ frightened. Mrs. ThOuE1s ana naysei
walked out % the fence thai dffizes my
kitchen garden from the ssafn- 9sz& and
saw 20 our establishment all ths - nd.
I died together in q corner of the lof neAres;
the house, and heard them loving while
they turned their heads % us Is II q E.xeziing
for aid Even the fowls were alaf fol
they had lett their rooSts and were nervous
ly moving about the yard | ran ORR 10
my sheep pen, and found the sss<&in q
similarly excited condition. Whileen the
point of visiting the stable heard Mrs.
Thomas cry out, and quickly returning 10
her and the children she pointed QUITO me
an object apparently still and fleating in
the air, should judge about 100 feet aizsRe
the roof of the barn. The night was fairly
clear, and after short time | was enabled
t. define and make out, though somewhat
dimly, some of the objects properties and
characteristics.
Sleeps Like Bird.
Il soon saw the animal carried lis head
beneath one Of its Outstretched wings in an
unnatural way. Ii apparently ptAfoat,
not only with the assistance Of its wings,
which were greatly out of proportion with
the rest Of its body, but by reaching out its
fore legs As a swimmer makes stroke and
by moving its hind legs rapidly up and
down through the air. In size il was quite
as large as colt, say at eight months, and
To me appeared covered with short dark
feathers. Its tail hung straight down from
its rump, save st its extremity, where il
was gathered in folds or rolled into bunch.
The animal remained in Ont place T~Tr the
barn after ! first saw it for probably two
minutes, and then Withdrawing its head
from beneath its wing few of at an astound-
ing speed in the direction of the TonQuin
river. II was impossible for me 20 catch a
certain glimpse OF its head, SO rapidly did
il fly, but observed that when in this mo-
ton IT also used all Of IFS eXtremities. Mrs.
Thomas and my four children concur in
this description Of the strange bird, beast,
or whatnut. Ii was some time after its
departure before the animals on my place
Tegained their usual composure and we
were calm enough t. go 10 Sleep"
Mr.. Alvord'S story has materially added
To the excitement in his neighborhood, for
il Is generally believed, and everybody
seems 10 think il to I've the same animal that
nearly brought about the death of Dr. Black
istone. The ST. MARY's BEACoN's account
of the animals visit 10 the farm Of Mr..
Richard Garner agrees with Your cores
pondent's account Of il, and the majority of
the reports are being confirmed in some
way every day.
Litter.
LEoNARDTowN, Nh, April s.-Chris.
Wallace, who was one of party of farmers
organized to hunt down the animal, came
10 town and reported that it was seen this
morning by two men in a thicket near the
cabin OF Isaiah White, the colored wood
chopper, on the Lawrence farm. II was
followed by jackson Hunt and John Wal
lingiord into the thicket, who saw il and
nred at il three or four times. The men
believed it was wounded, for after hcating
down lot Of brush and swapping off some
small trees, Is if they had been twigs, it
turned away from the hunters and limped
OF To- part " the woods that is now sur
rounded. Wallace says the description of
Mr.. Mckay about it, big size and head
Is correct.